Hateful hashtag #घुसपैठियों_से_असम_मुक्त_हो trends on Twitter, find out who was behind it

On September 30,2021, a hashtag named #घुसपैठियों_से_असम_मुक्त_हो started trending on Twitter and quickly reached the top five spot in a matter of hours. A total of more than 50,000 tweets were made within the hashtag. We fact checked some of the statements made within the hashtag that ranged from misleading to downright fake. But what […]

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Fact Check: #AntiIndiaCongress trends on Twitter with many misleading facts and altered images

On September 30,2021, #AntiIndiaCongress started to trend on twitter. Within this hashtag, the users targeted the INC and their decision to induct Kanhaiya Kumar into the party. As of when this piece was being written, the hashtag had a whopping 27,000 tweets within it. Some verified handles also used the hashtag most notably, Yogi Devnath, […]

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Fact Check: Has The Popular Sri Lankan Singer Appointed as The Cultural Ambassador of India?

A post got viral on Facebook which reads “It is being reported that the Indian High Commission has appointed Yohani De Silva as the new Indian Cultural Ambassador/ Congratulations!”. The post was published on 20th September in Sinhala language. The post shows a photo of a Sri Lankan Singer Yohani. Her cover “Manike Mage Hithe” was […]

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Fact-Check: “My city is fully open”. How trolls use their mindless copy-pasting habit to counter the farmer’s protest

September 27,2021 marks the day when the ongoing farmers’ protest called for a nationwide strike to shine a light on their cause. The Samyukt Kisan Morcha called the strike to commemorate the first anniversary since the three farm laws were enacted. The farmers movement blocked a few borders in different states. As a reaction to […]

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